Practical Considerations for Sharing Race-Based Genetic Research Findings

Collaborators, Affiliations

APOLLO Network Steering Committee:
Gaurav Agarwal, Brad Astor, Kelly A Birdwell, Daniel C Brennan, Jonathan Bromberg, Darshana Dadhania, Mona Doshi, Samira Farouk, Alessia Fornoni, Rasheed Gbadegesin, Giselle Guerra, Chi-Yuan Hsu, Bruce Julian, Krista L Lentine, Kathryn Lindsay, Roslyn B Mannon, Sumit Mohan, Barbara Murphy, Kenneth Newell, Mariella Ortigosa-Goggins, Meyeon Park, Stephen Pastan, Emilio D Poggio, Amber Reeves-Daniel, Sylvia E Rosas, Deirdre Sawinski, Matthew Weir, Paul L Kimmel, Jonah Odim, Afshin Parsa, Amir Alexander, Benjamin Bagwell, Tim Craven, Elling Eidbo, Barry I Freedman, Michael Gautreux, KaShawna Guy, Carl Langefeld, Lijun Ma, Brian Moore, Nicholette Palmer, David Reboussin, Laurie Russell, S Carrie Smith, Robert J Stratta, Ana Iltis, Nichole Jefferson, Glenda V Roberts, Marva Moxey-Mims

¹ Center for Bioethics, Health and Society, Philosophy Department, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
² Barbara T. Murphy Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York.
³ APOLLO Community Advisory Council, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
⁴ Pediatric Nephrology, Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC.
⁵ Pediatric Nephrology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.
⁶ SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Transplant Center, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri.
⁷ Joslin Diabetes Center at Beth Israel Medical Center and Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁸ Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Ana Iltis et al. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2025.

. 2025 Apr 1;36(4):730-733.

doi: 10.1681/ASN.0000000607. Epub 2024 Dec 26.

APOLLO Network Steering Committee:
Gaurav Agarwal, Brad Astor, Kelly A Birdwell, Daniel C Brennan, Jonathan Bromberg, Darshana Dadhania, Mona Doshi, Samira Farouk, Alessia Fornoni, Rasheed Gbadegesin, Giselle Guerra, Chi-Yuan Hsu, Bruce Julian, Krista L Lentine, Kathryn Lindsay, Roslyn B Mannon, Sumit Mohan, Barbara Murphy, Kenneth Newell, Mariella Ortigosa-Goggins, Meyeon Park, Stephen Pastan, Emilio D Poggio, Amber Reeves-Daniel, Sylvia E Rosas, Deirdre Sawinski, Matthew Weir, Paul L Kimmel, Jonah Odim, Afshin Parsa, Amir Alexander, Benjamin Bagwell, Tim Craven, Elling Eidbo, Barry I Freedman, Michael Gautreux, KaShawna Guy, Carl Langefeld, Lijun Ma, Brian Moore, Nicholette Palmer, David Reboussin, Laurie Russell, S Carrie Smith, Robert J Stratta, Ana Iltis, Nichole Jefferson, Glenda V Roberts, Marva Moxey-Mims

¹ Center for Bioethics, Health and Society, Philosophy Department, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
² Barbara T. Murphy Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York.
³ APOLLO Community Advisory Council, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
⁴ Pediatric Nephrology, Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC.
⁵ Pediatric Nephrology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.
⁶ SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Transplant Center, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri.
⁷ Joslin Diabetes Center at Beth Israel Medical Center and Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁸ Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

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